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| Title | Description | Posted Date |
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| Modi's candidature should be cancelled: | Bhadreswar (West Bengal), April 30 (IANS) Flaying Prime Minister Narendra Modi for claiming that 40 Trinamool Congress MLAs were in touch with him and will defect to the BJP once the Lok Sabha election results were out, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday demanded that his candidature be cancelled for encouraging horse trading during the polls. | 30-Apr-2019 |
| NCP supports Rahul on citizenship row | Lucknow, April 30 (IANS) The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Tuesday came out in support of Congress President Rahul Gandhi who has been served notice by the Union Home Ministry on his citizenship status. | 30-Apr-2019 |
| EC meets to decide complaints against Mo | New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) The Election Commission (EC) held a meeting on Tuesday to decide on the complaints of alleged violations of the model code of conduct (MCC) against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress President Rahul Gandhi and BJP President Amit Shah. | 30-Apr-2019 |
| SC bench rejects petition accusing Bhush | AGARTALA, April 30 (TIWN): The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a petition filed against senior lawyer Prashanta Bhusan in connection with Ranjan Gogoi sexual harassment case.A bench of chief justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi refused to entertain the public interest litigation filed by advocate ML Sharma who claimed that Bhushan had “admitted†that he was behind the sexual harassment allegation against the CJI. | 30-Apr-2019 |
| Priyanka is subtle, Rahul directly attac | New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) It has been a style of contrast in campaign by Congress President Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who is the party's star campaigner for the ongoing Lok Sabha polls. | 30-Apr-2019 |
| Protest intensifies in Telangana over ex | Hyderabad, April 29 (IANS) Telangana Police arrested scores of opposition leaders and workers across the state as the protests over the massive bungling in Intermediate examination results intensified on Monday. | 29-Apr-2019 |
| 40 of Mamata's MLAs in touch with me: Mo | Sreerampur (West Bengal), April 29 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday warned West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee that her MLAs will abandon her after the results of the Lok Sabha polls come and said 40 of them were already in touch with him. | 29-Apr-2019 |
| EC warns Maneka Gandhi over communal rem | New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) The Election Commission (EC) on Monday "strongly condemned" Union Minister Maneka Gandhi for her statement asking Muslims in Sultanpur in Uttar Pradesh to vote for her if they wanted her to get their work done after she wins from the constituency. | 29-Apr-2019 |
| Voting stalled in Bengal booth following | Suri (West Bengal), April 29 (IANS) Voting was stalled on Monday after villagers vandalised a polling booth in West Bengal's Birbhum Lok Sabha constituency amid the ongoing fourth phase elections in the state. | 29-Apr-2019 |
| Cyclone 'Fani' may head towards north co | Visakhapatnam, April 29 (IANS) Cyclonic storm 'Fani' in southeast Bay of Bengal is likely to turn severe on Monday and intensify further into a "very severe" cyclonic storm on Tuesday before heading towards north coastal Andhra and Odisha coast, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Monday | 29-Apr-2019 |
| Congress holds voter outreach programmes | New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) With less than two weeks left before the national capital goes to the polls, Congress candidates on Sunday held voter outreach programmes in their constituencies. | 28-Apr-2019 |
| Youth must shoulder greater responsibili | Chandigarh, April 28 (IANS) Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday said that the youth must shoulder greater social responsibility of exercising judgement while looking at social issues. | 28-Apr-2019 |
| BJP's Ahluwalia in fray from 'sasural' B | Burdwan (West Bengal) April 28 (IANS) Union Minister and BJP leader S.S. Ahluwalia, who represented Darjeeling in the outgoing Lok Sabha, this time has to demonstrate his political mettle in Burdwan-Durgapur constituency of West Bengal against Mamtaz Sanghamita of the Trinamool Congress who is seeking re-election from the seat. | 28-Apr-2019 |
| Jobs remain top concern for voters: CVOT | New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) Unemployment remains the leading concern for the people as they are far more worried about economic issues than security, according to the CVOTER-IANS tracker. | 28-Apr-2019 |
| Modi an OBC only for electoral gains, sa | Lucknow, April 28 (TIWN / IANS) Bahujan Samaj Party President Mayawati on Saturday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of claiming to be an OBC only for electoral gains. | 27-Apr-2019 |
| Modi like Kalidasa in his earlier days, | Pandua (West Bengal), April 27 (IANS) Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of spreading lies, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday compared him to Kalidasa, who was considered a dimwit before he went on to become one of the greatest writers of classical Sanskrit. | 27-Apr-2019 |
| BJP faces tough MGB challenge in 7 out o | New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Out of the 13 phase-IV seats in Uttar Pradesh going to the polls on April 29, the Bharatiya Janata Party faces tough challenge from the Samajwadi Party- Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) grand alliance or 'mahagathbandhan'(MGB) on seven seats. | 27-Apr-2019 |
| Two killed, 9 injured in road accident i | Srinagar, April 27 (IANS) Two people were killed and nine injured on Saturday in a road accident in Jammu and Kashmir's Bandipora district. | 27-Apr-2019 |
| India's glam-biz capital among 17 seats | Mumbai, April 27 (IANS) Mumbais six Lok Sabha constituencies will be among 17 that go to the polls in the fourth-final phase of 2019 elections on April 29, in areas that include the countrys commercial-glamour capital, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, a world-famous pilgrimage centre and some of the most backward tribal hamlets. | 27-Apr-2019 |
| Polemics on Mamata's gifts to Modi conti | Raniganj/Kolkata, April 27 (IANS) The political slugfest over Mamata Banerjee sending gifts to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on occasions continued on Friday with the West Bengal Chief Minister poking fun at Modi while the state opposition parties posed why the matter had been kept secret so long. | 26-Apr-2019 |
| Congress, AAP candidates file papers for | Panaji, April 26 (IANS) Congress candidate Atanasio Monserrate and Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) Valmiki Naik filed their nominations for the upcoming Panaji bypoll on Friday. | 26-Apr-2019 |
| Two injured in Tata Steel UK plant blast | Mumbai, April 26 (IANS) At least two employees sustained minor injuries in an explosion followed by a fire at the Tata Steel Europe's Port Talbot plant in the UK, an official said here on Friday. | 26-Apr-2019 |
| Creating political brand for superstars | Chennai, April 26 (IANS) Creating a positive perception and a strong political brand even for a mass hero-politician is not an easy job, say brand and perception strategists. | 26-Apr-2019 |
| SC stays panel proceedings in Jayalalith | New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the proceedings of an inquiry commission probing the death of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa at Apollo Hospitals in Chennai in 2016. | 26-Apr-2019 |
| Priyanka 'chickened out' from Varanasi: | New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday took a swipe at the Congress over party leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra not contesting against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Varanasi and said she has "chickened out" and the country has been denied the opportunity to see that "it does not accept inexperienced dynasts with no other credentials". | 25-Apr-2019 |
| CPI-M alleges BJP, Congress 'traded vote | Kozhikode (Kerala), April 25 (IANS) Two days after Kerala went to the polls to elect 20 Lok Sabha members, a leader of the state's ruling CPI-M on Thursday alleged that there was an "unholy alliance" between the BJP and the Congress and they engaged in trading of votes. | 25-Apr-2019 |
| BJP banks on Modi charisma to win Jharkh | Ranchi, April 25 (IANS) To retain Chatra, Palamau and Lohardaga Lok Sabha seats in Jharkhand, going to the polls on April 29 in the fourth phase of the seven-phased 2019 elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is banking heavily on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's charisma. | 25-Apr-2019 |
| SC judge Ramana recuses from inquiry pan | New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) Supreme Court judge Justice N.V. Ramana has recused from a three-judge inquiry panel constituted to probe the allegations of sexual harassment made against Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi by a former staffer of the top court. | 25-Apr-2019 |
| Ex-judge to probe conspiracy angle in CJ | New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) In a major development, the Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a probe by a former judge of the apex court Justice A K Patnaik into allegations about conspiracy against Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi who has been accused of sexual harassment by a woman. | 25-Apr-2019 |
| Might send gifts, sweets but won't give | Sreerampur (West Bengal), April 24 (IANS) In an apparent reference to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's revelation that Mamata Banerjee sends him kurtas and sweets every year, the West Bengal Chief Minister said, here on Wednesday, she might send gifts and sweets to people on occasions but will not give them vote. | 24-Apr-2019 |
| Yasin Malik sent to judicial custody til | New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) A Delhi court on Wednesday sent Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Chairman Yasin Malik to judicial custody till May 24 in connection with a case related to the funding of terror and separatist groups in the state. | 24-Apr-2019 |
| Trinamool nominee actress Nusrat shows R | Kolkata, April 24 (IANS) Famed Bengali film actress and the Trinamool Congress candidate for the Basirhat Lok Sabha constituency, Nusrat Jahan Ruhi, has declared assets worth over Rs 2.90 crore. | 24-Apr-2019 |
| BJP creating divisions among people, say | Hardoi (Uttar Pradesh), April 24 (IANS) Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is creating frictions among people. | 24-Apr-2019 |
| CJI case: SC asks IB, CBI, Delhi Police | New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday called the Directors of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Delhi Police Commissioner to look into the material furnished by advocate Utsav Bains in support of his allegations that Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi was framed in a false sexual harassment case. | 24-Apr-2019 |
| Voters, polling staff blocked by BJP in | Agartala, April 24 (TIWN / IANS) Opposition CPI-M and Congress on Tuesday alleged that thousands of voters were prevented from casting their votes and a large number of polling agents belonging to the two parties were not allowed to enter or sit inside the polling stations by the ruling BJP and its goons. | 24-Apr-2019 |
| Over 79% voting in incident-free Tripura | Agartala, April 23 (IANS) Over 79 per cent of the total 12.5 lakh voters on Tuesday cast their ballots in the deferred polling for the Tripura East parliamentary constituency, election officials said. | 23-Apr-2019 |
| 60% polling in Karnataka till 5 p.m | Bengaluru, April 23 (IANS) About 60 per cent votes were cast till 5 p.m in Karnataka's remaining 14 Lok Sabha seats during the third phase of polling amid tight security on Tuesday. | 23-Apr-2019 |
| Kerala registers 43.91% voting till 1 p. | Thiruvananthapuram, April 23 (IANS) Technical glitches notwithstanding, close to half of the over 2 crore voters in Kerala cast their votes in the first six hours of polling till 1 p.m. on Tuesday. | 23-Apr-2019 |
| BJP dumps Udit Raj, names Hans Raj | New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) The BJP on Tuesday named singer Hans Raj Hans as its candidate for the North West Delhi Lok Sabha seat, dropping the sitting and sulking MP Udit Raj. | 23-Apr-2019 |
| Assam votes in 3rd phase Lok Sabha polls | Guwahati, April 23 (TIWN / IANS) Voting for the third phase of polling for the four Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam began at 7 a.m. on Tuesday, election officials said. | 22-Apr-2019 |
| Third phase polling on Tuesday across 15 | New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) People in 15 states will vote on Tuesday in the third phase of Lok Sabha elections scheduled for Tuesday which will see a maximum of of 117 seats going to the polls in a single phase of seven-phased election. | 22-Apr-2019 |
| EC transfers seven Bengal police officer | Kolkata, April 22 (IANS) The Election Commission on Monday ordered immediate transfer of seven police officers in West Bengal with clear instructions they should not be involved in election duties. | 22-Apr-2019 |
| Rahul Gandhi has lost credibility: Sitha | New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Defence Minister and BJP leader Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said Congress President Rahul Gandhi has lost his credibility after he expressed regret over his remarks on the Supreme Court's order in the Rafale jet deal. | 22-Apr-2019 |
| CPI extends support to Digvijaya Singh i | Bhopal, April 22 (IANS) Announcing its support to Congress candidate and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh, the Communist Party of India (CPI) on Monday announced it will not field its candidate from Bhopal for the Lok Sabha elections. | 22-Apr-2019 |
| BJP fields Puri from Amritsar, repeats f | New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) A day after actor Sunny Deal met BJP President Amit Shah, giving indication that he may be fielded from Amritsar, the party on Sunday announced Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri as its candidate from the seat. | 21-Apr-2019 |
| 3 Indians among 207 killed in Sri Lanka | Colombo, April 21 (IANS) At least 207 people were killed and 469 injured when eight suicide bombings, mainly in Colombo, ravaged Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday in the island's bloodiest day since the civil war ended a decade ago. Three Indians were among the dead. | 21-Apr-2019 |
| TMC faces Left legacy, BJP's ascent in B | Balurghat (West Bengal), April 21 (IANS) With a long pending railway project, lack of development, scarce job opportunities and rampant infiltration and smuggling in the region, West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) has its task cut out in retaining the Balurghat Lok Sabha constituency in the face of formidable challenge from the BJP and the traditionally strong Left outfit, RSP. | 21-Apr-2019 |
| Will contest from Varanasi if Rahul asks | Wayanad (Kerala), April 21 (IANS) Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Sunday said she will contest the Lok Sabha elections from Varanasi if asked by her brother and party President Rahul Gandhi. | 21-Apr-2019 |
| 72 Gurugram villages threaten to boycott | Gurugram, April 21 (IANS) Residents of 72 villages in Gurugram's IMT Maneser area may boycott the Lok Sabha elections after the Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC) served notices to take back Rs 35 lakh from a compensation amount given to the farmers for land acquisition. | 21-Apr-2019 |
| AI, social media regulation find promine | New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Going by the poll manifestos published by major political parties, the use of digital technology is likely to get a boost under the new government that will come to power after the Lok Sabha election results on May 23. | 21-Apr-2019 |